Accreditation scheme for safety consultants to be launched

A new UK scheme to accredit safety consultants is due to be announced in the coming weeks, it has been confirmed.

 

The new scheme has been developed by a group of health and safety bodies, chaired by Geoffrey Podger, Chief Executive of the HSE. It will be a voluntary scheme that aims to help raise the standard of safety advice being given by consultants to employers. It will also make it easier for those employers who do need to use external safety advice to find consultants in whom t... (213 more words)

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